2008 Sunroof

[machsimus]

I did some searching but couldn't find anything. My girlfriend has a 2008 I4 Camry Sport. She has an awful rattle in the sun roof that is intermittent. She has taken it in and ridden with a technician, but of course it doesn't happen. Has anyone else experienced this? I printed out the TSB from 2007 with the sunroof squeak but I don't think this will help because it is only when the roof is open.

Thanks in advance

[Sarah7106]

I just got my '08 SE last night so I've not had my car long enough to note a rattle in the sunroof. In fact it's so cold here (around 16 - 18 degrees) that I've not even opened my sunroof yet. But I will be on the look out for a rattle.

[machsimus]

She got hers a few months back, and I couldn't get it to happen on the way to the dealership today. Its about 19 degrees here also, so that might have some effect on it.

[Old Dood]

Use a little digital camera and Record (Mini Movie) it when it is doing it.
Burn that to a CD and give that to them....OR..dump to a Flash Drive and upload it to them at the dealer.

[machsimus]

Originally Posted by Old Dood

Use a little digital camera and Record (Mini Movie) it when it is doing it.
Burn that to a CD and give that to them....OR..dump to a Flash Drive and upload it to them at the dealer.

Good idea, they said they needed to hear it to get it fixed.

[thoots]

BEAR IN MIND:

Read the TSB very carefully. It doesn't describe the whole process, but refers to it and then goes into the changes required for the TSB....

"The whole process" involves essentially REMOVING YOUR ENTIRE INTERIOR. They've got to take your headliner out to get to the moonroof mechanicals, and they've got to take off all the pillar covers and other pieces to get to the headliner, and they might take out the seats and other trim pieces to get to the pillar covers.

I'll bet you cash money right now: THEY WILL NOT PUT ALL OF THAT BACK TOGETHER AS CAREFULLY AS IT WAS ASSEMBLED IN THE FACTORY.

In fact, you absolutely should consider any "moonroof service work" to quiet any noise up there as "replacing that noise with ten times as many interior noises, which you may never ever manage to quiet, so long as you own the car."

In other words, "DANGER, DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!!"

So, ask yourself the following questions:

How often do you hear it rattle? If it's not that often, can you live with it?

What position does the roof have to be in before you'll notice the rattle? One you would use virtually every time you open the roof, or perhaps one you probably wouldn't use that often at all? If it's not a position you'd normally use, can you live with it?

And so on.

BEWARE.

This sure happened to me with a 2003 Corolla, and the damn rattle only happened when I opened the roof "all the way," which I very rarely ever do. Absolute stupidest thing I ever did in my whole life. I traded that "once in a blue moon" rattle for a headliner that made noise 100% of the time, wherever I went. Absolute stupidest thing I ever did in my whole life.

BEWARE.